Bonai Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Bonai.

Bonai is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundargarh district, Odisha.^[1]

Bonai
Constituency No. 14 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	2,28,597[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Laxman Munda
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Bonaigarh block, Gurundia block, Lahunipada block and Koida block.^[2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			43.45%
2019			34.67%
2014			23.98%
2009			23.97%
2004			40.17%
2000			43.53%
1995			25.17%
1990			44.96%
1985			28.95%
1980			34.91%
1977			49.64%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 1997.

List of members elected from Bonai constituency are:^[5]

Year	Member[6]	Party
2024[7]	Laxman Munda		CPI(M)
2019[8]
2014[6]
2009[9]	Bhimsen Choudhury		BJP
2004	Laxman Munda		CPI(M)
2000	Dayanidhi Kisan		BJP
1998 (bypoll)[c]	Janardan Dehury		INC
1995	Jual Oram		BJP
1990
1985	Basanta Singh Dandapat		INC
1980			INC(I)
1977	Hemanta Singh Dandapat		JP
1974	Benudhar Naik		INC
1971	Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra		SWA
1967
1961
1957	Arjun Naik		AIGP
1951	Nilamani Singh Dandapat

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[10] In 2024 election, Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhimsen Choudhury by 23,439 votes.^[7]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election: Bonai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Laxman Munda	81,008	43.45	8.78
	BJD	Bhimsen Choudhury	57,569	30.88	3.17
	BJP	Sebati Nayak	30,067	16.13	5.42
	NOTA	None of the above	3126	1.68	0.12
Majority			23,439	12.57
Turnout			1,86,429	81.55
	CPI(M) hold

2019

In 2019 election, Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranjit Kishan by 12,030 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bonai^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Laxman Munda	59,939	34.67	10.69
	BJD	Ranjit Kishan	47,909	27.71	4.85
	BJP	Anil Kumar Barla	37,266	21.55	5.92
	Independent	Janardan Dehury	11,722	6.78	−
	NOTA	None of the above	2,699	1.56	0.77
Majority			12,030	6.94
Turnout			1,72,903	78.24
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dayanidhi Kisan by 1,818 votes.^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bonai^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Laxman Munda	39,125	23.98	2.65
	BJD	Dayanidhi Kisan	37,307	22.86	−
	INC	Bhimsen Choudhary	37,181	22.78	3.1
	BJP	Luthar Oram	25,766	15.79	8.18
	NOTA	None of the above	3,803	2.33	−
Majority			1,818	1.11
Turnout			1,63,188	81.97	13.06
Registered electors			1,99,080
	CPI(M) gain from BJP

2009

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhimsen Choudhury defeated Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda by 3,356 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bonai^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhimsen Choudhury	30,495	23.97	−
	CPI(M)	Laxman Munda	27,139	21.33	−
	INC	Ranjit Kisan	25,046	19.68	−
	Independent	Dayanidhi Kisan	18,154	14.27	−
Majority			3,356	2.64[d]	−
Turnout			1,27,319	68.91	−
	BJP gain from CPI(M)

1961

In 1961 election, Swatantra Party candidate Mohapatra Hemendra Prasad defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dandpat Hamanda Kumar Singh by 9,946 votes.

66-BONAI (ST) constituency, 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Mohapatra Hemendra Prasad	12,816	71.85%	28.76
	INC	Dandpat Hamanda Kumar Singh	2,870	15.58%	11.59
	Jharkhand Party	Munda Lucas	2,242	12.57%	New
Majority			9,946
Registered electors			58,707
Turnout			19,249	32.79	0.73
	SWA gain from AIGP		Swing	28.76

1957

In 1957 election, Ganatantra Parishad candidate Arjun Naik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Basant Kumar Dandpat by 3,071 votes.

45-BONAI (ST) constituency, 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Arjun Naik	8,165	43.09%	24.8
	INC	Basant Kumar Dandpat	5,148	27.17%	7.4
	Independent	Prabhusahay Munda	3,760	19.84%	New
	Independent	Rudra Kisan	1,875	9.90%	2.24
Majority			3,071
Registered electors			55,347
Turnout			18,948	33.52%	0.13
	AIGP hold		Swing	24.8

1952

In 1952 election, Ganatantra Parishad candidate Nilamani Singh Dandapat defeated Indian National Congress candidate Balaram Mohapatra by 8,891 votes.

39-BONAI (ST) constituency, 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Nilamani Singh Dandapat	12,544	67.89%
	INC	Balaram Mohapatra	3,653	19.77%
	Independent	Rudra Kissan	2,281	12.34%
Majority			8,891
Turnout			18,478	33.39%
Registered electors			55,347
	AIGP win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Jual Oram on his election to Lok Sabha
4. %of total valid votes